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United States Patent | 5,004,307 |
Kino ,   et al. | April 2, 1991 |
An optical microscope which includes a high refractive index solid immersion lens interposed between the objective lens and the object being viewed to provide a microscope having resolution which is far better than the Rayleigh diffraction limit in air.
Inventors: | Kino; Gordon S. (Santa Clara County, CA); Mansfield; Scott M. (San Mateo County, CA) |
Assignee: | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, CA) |
Appl. No.: | 508224 |
Filed: | April 12, 1990 |
Current U.S. Class: | 359/356; 359/368; 359/389 |
Intern'l Class: | G02B 001/02; G02B 007/02; G02B 013/14; G02B 021/02 |
Field of Search: | 350/507,414,1.2,527,255,1.4 |
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